Constitution of South Korea
| Constitution of the Republic of Korea | |
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Preamble of the first version of the Constitution | |
| Overview | |
| Original title | 대한민국 헌법 (Hangul) 大韓民國憲法 (Hanja) |
| Jurisdiction | Korea |
| Ratified | July 12, 1948 |
| Date effective | July 17, 1948 |
| System | Unitary presidential republic |
| Government structure | |
| Branches | Three |
| Head of state | President |
| Chambers | Unicameral (National Assembly) |
| Executive | President and State Council |
| Judiciary | Supreme Court Constitutional Court |
| Federalism | Unitary |
| Electoral college | No |
| History | |
| First legislature | May 10, 1948[1] |
| First executive | July 24, 1948 |
| First court | August 5, 1948 |
| Amendments | 9 |
| Last amended | October 29, 1987 |
| Location | War Memorial of Korea, Seoul |
| Commissioned by | Constituent National Assembly |
| Author(s) | Jo So-ang |
| Signatories | Speaker Syngman Rhee, in Seoul |
| Supersedes | Provisional Constitution of the Republic of Korea |
| Full text | |
| Constitution of South Korea at Wikisource | |
| Constitution of the Republic of Korea | |
| Hangul | 대한민국 헌법 |
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| Hanja | 大韓民國憲法 |
| RR | Daehanminguk heonbeop |
| MR | Taehanmin'guk hŏnpŏp |
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The Constitution of the Republic of Korea is the supreme law of South Korea. It was promulgated on July 17, 1948, and was amended nine times with the last revision of the constitution amended on October 29, 1987.[2]
The constitution consists of ten chapters and 130 articles and codifies South Korea's basic principles on politics, economy, culture and national defense, the basic rights and duties of the country's citizens, the organization of the South Korean government and the country's national symbols.
- ^ Setting the Stage Archived 16 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Constitutional history of Republic of Korea". ConstitutionNet. Retrieved 2022-05-15.